Game device



C. B. CARR.

GAME DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9, 1918.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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73 INVENTOR V BY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BOWNE CARR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME DEVICE.

Application filed. October 9, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BOWNE CARR, citizen of the United States,and resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State. ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Game Devices, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in games, and has forits objectto produce a simple device of this kind that may be played by a numberof persons competitively, and in the playing of which the element ofchance is so combined with the exercise of skill as to stimulateinterest and provide entertainment.

A further object of my invention is to construct my game in a form thatwill be self contained when not in use, providing means for holding andstoring the game accessories within the body of the game structure, thelatter being foldable upon itself for this and other purposes.

These and other objects of my invention are set forth in the subjoinedspecification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form amaterial part of this disclosure, the particular features of noveltywhich constitute my invention being pointed out in the claims at the endhereof.

In the drawings Figure l is a plan view of my in its opened position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view partly broken away, showing the interior ofthe game board with the accessories in place therein.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of the game board. I

Fig. '4 is ,a detail View of a collapsible dice box which may be used inplaying my game board game, dice being indicated in dotted lines;

and

Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the face of one of my playing cards.

My game board is composed of two sectional parts 10, 11, placed side byside, and joined together by a common, hinged joint 12, in such mannerthat the parts may be opened out into an approximately continuous flatplayin surface 13, as shown Figs. 1 and 3, oneialf of the said playingsurface being upon the top of the part 10, while the other half is uponthe top of the part 11, the configurations of the two halves of theplaying surface registering with each other at their joining edges.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 257,491.

The two parts 10, 11, of the game board on the side opposite the playingsurface are each provided with sides 14, and end pieces 15, whichregister with and abut'against each other respectively, when the gameboard is folded up into its closed position, thereby forming a boxlikestructure, in the interior of which I provide receptacles 16, 17 to holdthe cards 18, and dice-box 19, respectively, when the game is not inuse, as'shown in Fig. 2.

The central portion of the playing surface 13 isdivided into a pluralityof concentrically arranged, ring-like stripes, 20,

21, 22, with a central circular space 23, the

whole being surrounded by a rectangularly arranged outwardly projectingborder 24, while said stripes, and border are serially colored, that isto say the central space 23, and the stripes 22 and border 24, are givenone color, the stripes 20 another color, and.

the stripes 21 a still different color, so that, said colors arealternated throughout the playing surface.

I prefer to color the stripes 22, 23, and border 24 in blue, the stripes20 in white and the stripes 21 in red, these colors following each otherin regular order throughout the playing surface, I also formwhite stars25 in the corners of the border 24.

At the ends of the game board, beyond the border 24, I form surfaces 26,27, to receive the cards of the layers during the progress of the game.hese surfaces are divided into a centralsection 28 to receive the packof cards that is being used, and

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surface of the game board to form cuplike receptacles adaptedto hold thecards.

In connection with my game board as above described I use cubical,colored dice 31, each of which is given a different color correspondingwith the colors of the like stripes 20, 21, and 22, and having valuesdisplayed upon their respective sides progressively from 1 to 5, thesixth side of the cubes being left blank.

I also employ cards 18, the deck of which may consist of any desirednumber of the same, the said cards having backs of uniform pattern,while their faces are colored in sets or series to correspond with thecolors of the stripes 20, 21, and 22, each of said cards bearing uponits face a numeral indicating its value, as for example from 1 to 5, oras desired. A blank margin 32 is pro:- vided between the edges of eachcard and its colored face so that the color of the card will not .beapparent at the edges thereof.

In making use of my game the pack of cards is thoroughly shuffled andthen placed upon the central section 28 in readiness for drawing. Thedice 31 are then placed in the dice-box 19 which is shaken, and the diceare then thrown out upon the playing surface 13, the value of the throwdepending upon the positions in which the dice come to rest upon theplaying surface and the numerals displayed upon the tops of the dice.

Various rules of play may be adopted, as my game is susceptible of manymodifications of play. As an example, if any dice rests upon a stripe ofits own color, it may be declared out and uncountable, while if it restsupon or even touches stripes of any color than its own, it may becounted. If any ofthe dice display a numeral the player may draw a cardfrom the pack.

If the red and white dice should both display a numeral 5 the player maydraw two cards, while three cards may be drawn should all three dicedisplay the numeral 5.

If the number on the red dice is greater than the added numbers on thewhite and blue dice, the player may draw two cards, while if the numberon the blue dice is greater than the added numbers on the other twodice, the player cannot draw a card.

If all three dice rest on stripes of their own colors, the player mustallow his next opponent to draw a card from those he has already drawn,while if he has no cards he forfeits his next throw of the dice.

After the last card has been drawn, eaclr player adds up the numbers onhis cards, keeping each color separate. The three sums are then addedtogether for a total sum. If the numbers on the red cards are more. inthe aggregate than the sum total ofv the numbers on the white and bluecards, the player may add one for each card which he has to his total,while, on the contrary, if the total of the numbers on his blue cardsexceeds the sum total of the numbers on his other cards, he mustsubtract one for each of the cards held by him, from his total.

'Having-now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A game comprising dice, cards, and a gameboard formed in two sections hingedly connected together, each of saidsec tions having sides and end pieces forming a box-like structure,holders arranged within one of said sections adapted to hold playingaccessories when not in use, said game-board having a playingsurfaceformed on the tops thereof comprising a plurality ofconcentrically arranged vari colored stripes, and extensions on saidplaying surface having sections therein adapted to contain playingcards.

2. In a game, comprising cards, dice, and a game board formed in twosections hingedly connected together, each of said sections having sidesand end pieces forming a box-like structure, holders arranged within oneof said sections adapted to hold playing accessories when not in use,said game-board having a playing surface formed on the top thereofcomprising a plurality of concentrically arranged vari colored stripes,the colors of said stripes being arranged in regular series of colorsfrom the center of the playing surface outward, extensions projectingbeyond said playing surface, and sections formed in said extensionsadapted to contain playing cards.

3. A game comprising in combination, cards, dice, a game board formed intwo sections hingedly connected together, each of said sections havingsides and end pieces forming a box-like structure, holders arrangedwithin one of said sections adapted to hold playing accessories when notin use, said board having a playing surface formed on the top thereofcomprising a plurality of concentrically arranged vari colored stripes,extensions on said playing surface having sections therein adapted tocontain playing cards, a set of playing cards seriallyvari colored onone side of each card, said cards having a'uniform blank margin on saidcolored side of each card, the colors of said cards corresponding to thecolors of said stripes.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 23rd day of March, A. D. 1918.

CHARLES BOWNE CARR.

